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H. W. LOADS; HORSE GOLLAR.

Patented Jan. 17, 1888. 1

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT WALTER LOADS, or NoRwIoH, COUNTY OF NoRWIoH, ENGLAND.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,669, dated J'anuary l 7, ss8.

Application filed August 6, 1887. Serial No. 246,356. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT WALTER LOADS, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Norwich, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse-collars; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis'a rear view of the collar with a portion of the pad removed; and

,Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same,

taken on line x m in Fig. 1. A is the front plate, which is formed of sheet metal suitably shaped into the form of the fore and after walesof a horse-collar. The back of the plate A is' concave, forming the recess a, havingthe small metallic eyes a secured to it at suitable points. I 'B is an air-tight elastic pad, provided with the screw-nipple I), through which it may be inflated.

G is an outer covering of soft pliableleather, which protects the pad from injury. The cov-' ered pad corresponds inform with the recess in the front plate, and is removably connected thereto by stitching the outer cover to the eyes a. I sometimes prefer to cover the pad with a vulcanized solution, which when dry is equally as advantageous as leather. I then fasten the pad into the recess with elastic glue, dispensing with the eyes a; but in either case the pad may be removed with facility and repaired or renewed as required.

What I claim isp 1. In a horse-collar, the combination, with the metallic front plate having a concave re-- cessed back, of a separate air-inflated pad, a soft cover for the pad, and the fastenings whereby the said covered pad is removably secured within the said concave recess, substantially as set forth.

I 2. In a horse-collar, the'combination,with a metallic front plate having a concave recessed back and provided with eyes a, of a separate air-inflated pad, and a soft coverfor the said pad stitched to the said eyes, whereby the said pad is removably attached to the said front plate, substantially as set forth. r HERBERT WALTER LOADS. Witnesses: 7 JAMES HENRY STUBrNGs, CHARLES FREDERICK Hose. 

